Boys Basketball Practice – Wednesday, December 19
Practice started out as normal with 10 minutes of stretching before we moved to our first drill, a full court slide pass. This drill is designed to loosen up the players legs while developing good solid passes. Within the first few seconds of this drill you could already see that the intensity was back, the players were focused. My first thought was;”this is going to be a great practice”, which proved to be true.
We ran our Tar Heel Drill which is shooting at 6 designated locations and touching the center line between shots. Six players set personal bests: Alan Fox, Nate Johnson, Caleb Robinson, Daniel Zangmeister, Ryan Brown, and Joel VanDusen. A new team guideline was implemented. If more than half the team sets a personal best in this competition, we will not run conditioning at the end of practice.
The players are still practicing their jump rope and did show signs of improvement. Coach Scott has decided to send the jump ropes home with each of the players after Thursday’s practice so they can practice during the Christmas break.
Mitch Moore became the first player to succesfully defend the top spot on the Free Throw Ladder. Mitch hit 8 of 10 shots and will take on Daniel Zangmeister at the next practice. Caleb Farmer and Nate Johnson both hit 7 of 10 shots and will move up. Free Throw shooting is showing steady improvement, we just need to figure out how to get to the line during the game.
“Does God Care Who Wins” is a 40 hour class that Coach Scott reduced to about 4 minutes and I am going to reduce even more. We do everything to the glory of God. God sees the big picture, we do not. The outcome of any sporting event has a significant impact on the lives and thoughts of many people. Coaches, players, fans, parents, schools, students, sports writers, cities, the list can go on and on. There are lessons to be learned and only God knows what these lessons are. God cares who wins because of the big picture. God is not a Panther fan or a Cubs fan but He uses sports to get his message across.
Practice ended with a 40 minute scrimmage. This was the first time you could actually see the players running our offensive plays and blocking out on rebounding. As I stated earlier, this was not only a good practice but also a fun practice.
